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WILLIAM H . LEIGH Biography 1877 - 1958 William H . Leigh was one of Cedar City's best known businessmen and civic workers. He founded the Leigh Furniture and Carpet Company in Cedar City, and operated it for 45 years before turning i t over to the management of his sons in 1943. He also established and operated the Leigh Hotel for many years, and was one of Southern Utah's outstanding merchants. Always interested in agricultural development of the a r e a , Leigh was one of the first persons in Utah to make a success of pump-well farming. Partially through his efforts. pump-well farming was s t a r t e d in Escalante Valley, and the area became a major farming section of Utah. Active in community affairs throughout his life, he served a term as Mayor of Cedar City, as City Councilman, as President of the Cedar City Chamber of Commerce, and as an active member of the Cedar City Rotary Club. At the time of his death, he was an honorary member of both the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club. William H . Leigh was a member of the Board of Education of the Iron County School District for two terms, and he s e r v e d as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Utah for a period of eight y e a r s . Also active in L.D. S. affairs, he filled a mission in the Southern States. He had been listed in "Who's Who of the West." in recognition of his business and civic accomplishments. Leigh was born in Cedar City on May 19. 1877, a son of William and Elizabeth Wood Leigh. On April 28, 1903, he married Ella Berry in the S t . George L.D.S. Temple, and they became the p a r e n t s of eight children, 6 girls and 2 boys. He died in Cedar City in 1958. From: Ella B . Leigh. Family History
Excerpts from Cedar City Council Minutes J a n . 10, 1914.. .Special session. Present: Mayor Leigh, and Councilmen--Higbee, Pace, Lunt, and Williams. T r e a s u r e r elect, E . M. C o r r y , not having filed his bond with the Recorder as by law r e q u i r e d , was declared b y Attorney Henry Jones, not the City T r e a s u r e r , and his office was made vacant to he filled b y Mayor and Council. Mayor appointed E. M . Corry as City T r e a s u r e r for the coming two y e a r s . The Council ratified the appointment. Due to our water supply not being sufficient for culinary and lawn sprinkling purposes. Mayor was, on motion Councilman Higbee, empowered to issue a proclamation prohibiting the granting of licenses for lawn sprinkling.

Includes biographies of the mayors of Cedar City and examples from the city minutes showing the events that took place under each administration. The three histories printed in the second section were written by three men at three different times in the history of Cedar City.

WILLIAM H . LEIGH Biography 1877 - 1958 William H . Leigh was one of Cedar City's best known businessmen and civic workers. He founded the Leigh Furniture and Carpet Company in Cedar City, and operated it for 45 years before turning i t over to the management of his sons in 1943. He also established and operated the Leigh Hotel for many years, and was one of Southern Utah's outstanding merchants. Always interested in agricultural development of the a r e a , Leigh was one of the first persons in Utah to make a success of pump-well farming. Partially through his efforts. pump-well farming was s t a r t e d in Escalante Valley, and the area became a major farming section of Utah. Active in community affairs throughout his life, he served a term as Mayor of Cedar City, as City Councilman, as President of the Cedar City Chamber of Commerce, and as an active member of the Cedar City Rotary Club. At the time of his death, he was an honorary member of both the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club. William H . Leigh was a member of the Board of Education of the Iron County School District for two terms, and he s e r v e d as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Utah for a period of eight y e a r s . Also active in L.D. S. affairs, he filled a mission in the Southern States. He had been listed in "Who's Who of the West." in recognition of his business and civic accomplishments. Leigh was born in Cedar City on May 19. 1877, a son of William and Elizabeth Wood Leigh. On April 28, 1903, he married Ella Berry in the S t . George L.D.S. Temple, and they became the p a r e n t s of eight children, 6 girls and 2 boys. He died in Cedar City in 1958. From: Ella B . Leigh. Family History
Excerpts from Cedar City Council Minutes J a n . 10, 1914.. .Special session. Present: Mayor Leigh, and Councilmen--Higbee, Pace, Lunt, and Williams. T r e a s u r e r elect, E . M. C o r r y , not having filed his bond with the Recorder as by law r e q u i r e d , was declared b y Attorney Henry Jones, not the City T r e a s u r e r , and his office was made vacant to he filled b y Mayor and Council. Mayor appointed E. M . Corry as City T r e a s u r e r for the coming two y e a r s . The Council ratified the appointment. Due to our water supply not being sufficient for culinary and lawn sprinkling purposes. Mayor was, on motion Councilman Higbee, empowered to issue a proclamation prohibiting the granting of licenses for lawn sprinkling.